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8/26/2014 1:31PM

ISIS Videos Depict Life, Death in Group's Syrian Homebase

Propaganda videos from the Islamic State — also known as ISIS — show the Syrian militant stronghold of Raqqa as everything from an execution ground and regime bombing target to a recruiting hub where Western Muslims congregate.

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I ... the capture of the major Syrian government airbase worker province by Islamic State militants on Sunday ... was apparently created for celebration in the regional capital ... the victory for an entire province of the extremist group's control for the first time in Syria's ongoing civil war ... it comes just a few weeks after the group drove the Syrian Army's ninety third Brigade at their nearby peaks in an attack that this unverified video purports to show ... the group also known as ISIS has recently been pushed back in Iraq ... the U S airstrikes and resurgent regional and national forests ... from the province borders Turkey on the north and the crucial Syrian province of Aleppo on the West ... the city serves as the de facto capital of ISIS's self proclaimed caliphate ... it was first captured from the Assad regime by a coalition of Islamist rebels in early twenty thirteen ... and became a battleground between ISIS ... the al Qaeda backed all news for front ... and a moderate Western backed free Syrian army ... ICE's has been releasing a variety of on verified footage since then ... believe the intent to show that the group has taken over the city has been reached at ... ICE's declared in June twenty fourteen bid to establish a new Islamic caliphate ... the release videos that just a resident of rock and celebrating the new hse ... as the group captured heavy military equipment during the summer blitz across Iraq and Syria ... it held military parade in Iraq to show off its new hardware ... who was also featured as the setting for slick propaganda video ... posted online in early August encouraging foreigners to come and join the jihad ... grisly footage has also emerged in the city ... including videos of public executions displays of the heavy demands ... of the recent clips uploaded by local activists show what are believed to be Assad regime airstrikes in Iraq ... following the capture of the air banks ... the US is now preparing an expired plates over Syria ... once but they're likely to be interested in ... Iraq ...